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Phytoplankton composition in Mediterranean confined coastal lagoons: testing the use of ecosystem metabolism for the quantification of community-related variables
Estimations of ecosystem metabolism have rarely been used to quantify productivity in structural reductionist approaches for the description of...
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Phytoplankton dynamics and bloom events in oligotrophic Mediterranean lagoons: seasonal patterns but hazardous trends
Detailed seasonal analyses of phytoplankton assemblages’ composition were performed on long-term datasets (20 years) of two oligotrophic...
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Coastal Lagoons (Khors) of the Emirates
Coastal lagoons represent one of the most productive and diverse ecosystems in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) due to their position at the dynamic...
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From ecological functions to ecosystem services: linking coastal lagoons biodiversity with human well-being
In this review we highlight the relevance of biodiversity that inhabit coastal lagoons, emphasizing how species functions foster processes and...
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Ecological and environmental characteristics of a seagrass-dominated hypersaline coastal Mediterranean lagoon: a multidisciplinary approach
In the present paper, sedimentological, water physicochemical data and biological benthic assemblages are compiled to provide an integrated...
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New records of two jellyfish species Rhizostoma luteum (Quoy and Gaimard 1827) and Cotylorhiza tuberculata (Macri 1778) in the Moroccan northwest Mediterranean coast
During monitoring visits to the beaches of Fnideq, M'Diq, Cabo-Negro, and Martil, two jellyfish species along the Moroccan Northwest Mediterranean...
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Otolith Shape Analysis of Red Mullet, Mullus barbatus (Mullidae) in Turkish Waters of the Aegean, Black, and Mediterranean Seas
AbstractThis study investigated the sagittal otolith morphometry of the red mullet Mullus barbatus inhabiting the Aegean, Black Sea and...
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Brine shrimps adrift: historical species turnover in Western Mediterranean Artemia (Anostraca)
Brine shrimps ( Artemia ) have undergone geographic range and demographic expansions as a result of their interaction with humans since the beginning...
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Changing landscapes: habitat monitoring and land transformation in a long-time used Mediterranean coastal wetland
Zone Umide della Capitanata, located in the northeastern part of the Apulia Region, is one of the most extensive coastal wetlands of the Italian...
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How the diversity of constructed wetlands improves the plankton communities discharged into a protected Mediterranean wetland
The effectiveness of constructed wetlands (CWs) created to improve water quality has been demonstrated. However, their role in enhancing...
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The impact of salinization on benthic macro-crustacean assemblages in a Mediterranean shallow lake
The shallow Vrana Lake in Dalmatia, Croatia, is directly connected to the Adriatic Sea by the Prosika canal (0.85 km), constructed in the eighteenth...
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Influence of hydraulic clam dredging and seasonal environmental changes on macro-benthic communities in the Southern Adriatic (Central Mediterranean Sea)
Macro-benthic communities on the shallowest soft bottoms are impacted by hydraulic dredgers used for the harvesting of the striped venus clam ( Chamele...
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The rise and fall of an alien: why the successful colonizer Littorina saxatilis failed to invade the Mediterranean Sea
Understanding what determines range expansion or extinction is crucial to predict the success of biological invaders. We tackled this long-standing...
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Structure of planktonic food web in the Gulf of Gabès (Southeastern Mediterranean): potential importance of heterotrophic and mixotrophic microzooplankton
The planktonic food web structure was investigated in a productive Mediterranean gulf during spring and fall. Plankton communities, rates of primary...
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Invasive Alien Flora on Coastal Mediterranean Habitats
The Mediterranean Basin is one of the biodiversity mega-hotspots of biodiversity, but it is also considered as one of the most disturbed areas, due...
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Marine ecological aquaculture: a successful Mediterranean integrated multi-trophic aquaculture case study of a fish, oyster and algae assemblage
Inspired by agroecology, ecological aquaculture proposes an alternative model that uses ecology as a paradigm to develop innovative, more...
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Machine Learning Modeling Techniques for Forecasting the Trophic Level in a Restored South Mediterranean Lagoon Using Chlorophyll-a
An Artificial Neural Network (ANN), a Machine Learning (ML) modeling approach is proposed to predict the ecological state of the North Lagoon of...
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Distance to landfill and habitat cover predict colony size in a Western Mediterranean white stork population
Artificial food subsidies like landfills generate very strong impacts on animal ecology and spatial behavior. Landfills indeed have been considered...
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Protecting a heterogeneous landscape supports avian diversity across seasons on a Mediterranean island
Conservation efforts commonly target the protection of specific threatened species and habitats, with the value of heterogeneous landscapes often...
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The European Eel Anguilla anguilla (Anguillidae) Invasion by the Allochthone Nematode Anguillicoloïdes crassus in Southern Mediterranean
AbstractFor the first time, the spreading of a fearsome non-native parasite nematode Anguillicoloïdes crassus is studied in European Eel Anguilla...
